• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.73-88
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• 2005

As the proportion of the elderly population in rural Korea has increased rapidly, the quality of life of the rural elderly has become a major public and policy concern. In this regards, most of the researches on rural elderly have focused mainly on the 'risk factors or problems' of rural areas, ignoring the 'positive or protective aspects' of rural community on the quality of life of elderly. This study attempts to explore the possible positive influence of rural community on the quality of life of elderly and to examine the linkage among ecological characteristics of the communities, social interaction and quality of life of rural elderly. To achieve this goal, a community case study was conducted in four Korean rural villages. The data were collected using participant observation method and in-depth interviews (person-to-person, group interviews). All the interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim for the analysis. The data was analyzed using the reflective qualitative analytic technique. The major findings of this study are as follows : All of the four villages have strong community ties and provide contexts which make it possible for older people to share their everyday life with neighbors and to actively participate as a community member. Although the four villages were geographically not far from each other, the pattern of social interaction and the nature of everyday-life of the elderly were nevertheless different depending on the ecological environment of each community, the relationship history among the community members, and the shared experience of historical events in recent Korean history. Elderly men have smaller networks and have less frequent contact with community members than elderly women. The political and practical implications of this study are discussed.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.115-137
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• 2008

The present study purposed to derive the major attributes of the service quality of port hinterlands from previous research and interviews with specialists, to examine causal relations among the service quality of hinterlands, customer satisfaction, switching barrier and customers' behavior, and to suggest strategic implications. According to the results, the service quality of port hinterlands was divided into 'interaction quality', 'physical environment quality' and 'service delivery quality,' and among the three dimensions of quality, 'physical environment quality' and 'service delivery quality' had a significant effect on customer satisfaction but 'interaction quality' did not. These results suggest directions for what dimensions of quality should be controlled in order to improve the service quality of port hinterlands with limited management resources, and thus they are expected to contribute to more strategic marketing activities upon customers.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.1391-1404
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• 2012

This study was conducted for the purpose of analyzing the teachers' and students' preferences and reality with regard to their interaction in secondary school science classes. The subjects of this study were 180 teachers and 1,389 students. The contents of the questionnaire for the teachers included the quality of the personal relationships between the teachers and students as well as the teachers' recognition of teaching activities, and the questionnaire for the students dealt with the quality of the personal relationships between the teachers and students as well as the students' perceptions of their classes. The questionnaire responses were divided into preferences and reality for the research. The results are as follows. First, the levels of the teachers' and students' perceptions of their interaction were significantly lower (p<0.05) compared to their preferences with regard to such. Second, the female teachers showed higher levels of preferences and reality compared to the male teachers in the case of the teacher variables, and the middle school teachers showed higher levels of preferences and reality compared to the high school teachers. Third, the male students showed a higher perception level compared to the female students, and both the preferences and reality levels of the middle school students were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of the high school students. In addition, the level of interaction was lower in big cities than in small cities. Fourth, there was a significant difference between the levels of the teachers' and students' preferences and reality with regard to their interaction.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.141-148
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to explore the interaction of virtual reality consumption pattern under the background of virtual reality, and the influence of such interaction on consumers' purchase intention. In this paper, we selected three independent variables (including content interaction, function interaction and service interaction) and two mediating variables (including perceived quality and perceived value) to explore the relationship between them and consumers' purchase intention, used SPSS24.0 and AMOS24.0, made the analysis of reliability and validity, constructed the structural equation model, and tested the hypotheses. The findings show that: fourteen hypotheses are all true, and the perceived value of virtual reality has a positive influence on consumers' purchase intention. In addition, we find that the perceived value has a mediating effect in this study.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.357-377
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• 2013

This study aims to look for care quality factors reduce the daily stress of young children placed in care centers for long hours. Therefore, the research questions look into how the hours and care quality factors in child care centers affect young children's daily stress, and whether the care quality factor moderates the impact of the hours children spent in centers. The subjects in this study were 380 children from 3 to 5 years old from 10 child care centers. The Korean Preschool Daily Stress Scale(KPDSS) for children's daily stress and Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised(ECERS-R) for quality of each classroom of centers were implemented. The main findings were summarized as following: (1) The more hours he/she spent in the center, the more stress he/she had. Children who spent 9 hours or more had more stress than children with 7 hours or less. (2) Among the 7 quality factors including space and furnishings, personal care routines, language reasoning, activities, interaction, program structure, parents staff, the interaction level between a teacher and a child and the level of parents and staff had the most impact on children's daily stress. (3) The qualitative factors of child care, language reasoning level, interaction level, parental support, and level of teachers reduced children's daily stress which was affected by the hours they spent in centers. Thus in order to reduce the daily stress of children who attend more than 9 hours a day, it is crucial to promote language reasoning activities and interaction between teachers and children and to improve parental support and teachers' professionalism.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.91-99
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• 2009

To determine factors affecting scholarly web database service quality, this research is to investigate factors of web academic information service quality, and analyze how these factors influencing on web academic information service quality satisfactions. As a results, three dimensions were identified namely, information retrieval, ease of use and interaction. The scholarly web database service management has more critical problems than information service in these days. It indicates that the qualitative aspect is becoming more important than quantitative in web academic information service management.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.71-79
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify effects of family support and quality of life on smoking cessation in patients with coronary artery disease. Method: Data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire included smoking history, family support and quality of life (QOL). The participants were 159 male patient with coronary artery disease who were current smokers or ex-smokers. A logistic model was developed to estimate the likelihood of current smoker or ex-smoker. Results: Of the participants, 28.3% were current smokers and 71.7% were ex-smokers. The mean score for family support was 27.41 for positive support and 23.11 for negative support. The mean score for QOL was 50.48. There were significant differences in QOL according to smoking status. The predictors of smoking cessation were social interaction QOL and self-control QOL, and duration of smoking. The model correctly classified 89.5% of ex-smokers and 44.4% of current smokers and the correct classification for the total was 76.8%. Conclusion: Social interaction QOL, self-control QOL and duration of smoking were significant variables in prediction of smoking cessation. QOL should be considered in developing smoking cessation interventions. It is advisable to also examine the mediating effect of family support on quality of life.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.159-165
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• 2020

In spite of various studies on the service quality of customer center, the previous studies are mainly focused on the studies on the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty, rather than on the evaluation model of service quality. In this study, we reviewed the service quality of customer center factors discussed in previous studies and developed a hierarchical model for measuring customer service quality based on Brady and Cronin's (2001) model. The first level consists of interaction (process) quality, physical environment (system) quality, and outcome quality, and the second level consists of kindness, positiveness, professionalism, systematic, convenience, accessibility, accuracy, promptness, and reliability. In addition, based on the developed hierarchical model, the priority of each factor that customer center users consider important is analyzed by AHP methodology. As a result, the interaction quality was important in the first level, and professionalism, kindness, and accuracy were important in the second level. Such a study can be a guideline for establishing a standard for evaluating the service quality of customer center or for managing more importantly in practice.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.21-31
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• 2012

Objective : This study aims to examine the Effect of the Brotherhood Group Sensory Integration intervention to Social Interaction of the Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Methods : The Group Sensory Integration intervention was implemented for 8 weeks period from July to September 2011 targeting 2 children of 7~8 ages diagnosed Pervasive Developmental Disorders. For the study A-B-A' design among Single subject research design was used, while baseline A 3 phases, intervention B 16 phases, baseline A' 3 phases in total 22 phases were applied. The Quality of Social Interaction was measured through ESI(Evaluation Social interaction) during the baseline between A and A' period, and the Frequency of Social Interaction was measured under the condition that non-availability of intervention during baseline period, while during intervention period, it was measured by utilizing Interval recording method upon filming by video of 10 minutes free-play after every intervention. Results : The Quality of Social interaction indicated a statistical significance by all targeted children after intervention. Also a statistical significance was indicated in the Frequency of Social interaction as there appeared consecutively more than two of the values of baseline A average and Standard deviation band from all targeted children at the free-play implemented after each intervention of every phase. Conclusion : It could be verified that Brotherhood Group Sensory integration intervention has a positive effect to Social interaction of the Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Therefore, the Brotherhood Group Sensory integration intervention can be effectively applicable as being a therapy to improve Social interaction toward Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders at the clinic.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.129-137
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• 2005

In this study, we developed a model to simulate the interaction between sediment and the overlying water. The model deals with water-sediment interaction in terms of the sedimentation of organic detritus from the pelagic zone into the benthic zone and the release of nutrients occurring in the reverse direction. The model was tested and verified by comparing the predicted release rates of phosphorus from the sediment in Osaka Bay with actual observed values. The results accurately reproduced the seasonal change in release rates. The results well represented seasonal change of the release rates. A long-term prediction of water and sediment quality was performed for the period from 1950 to 1999. Nutrient loads from land and the boundary conditions of 3-D baroclinic flows were season-adjusted. The model accurately reproduced the changing trends in phosphorus, nitrogen, and COD concentrations in Osaka Bay over a long period of time.